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Automating Network Analyst Workflows with Geoprocessing

Learn how to automate Network Analyst workflows using geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS. Explore model building, Python scripting, and more. Get hands-on experience with ready-to-use services and support resources.

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Automating Network Analyst Workflows with Geoprocessing

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  1. ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing Melinda Morang Patrick Stevens

  2. Who are we? • Network Analyst Product Engineers • Who are you? • Current Network Analyst users? • Current geoprocessing users? • Have made geoprocessing models? • Have made geoprocessing Python scripts? ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  3. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessing framework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  4. ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts ArcGIS Help: What is the ArcGIS Network Analyst extension ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  5. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessingframework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  6. ArcGIS Network Analyst Extension does transportation analysis Point-to-point routing Optimization Coverage Service Area Route Location-Allocation Vehicle Routing Problem Closest Facility Origin-Destination Cost Matrix ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  7. Network Dataset ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  8. Street Data • Data within your organization • Free data • Data and maps media (prior to 10.3) • TIGER (Census data) • OpenStreetMap • OSM to NDS tools • ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap • Pay for data • HERE or TomTom • Vendor street data processing tools • StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS • Pay for analysis • ArcGIS.com Map Viewer • ArcGIS.com Network Services ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  9. Network Analyst Layer • Composite layer • One layer type for each solver • Analysis properties • Inputs • Outputs ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  10. Demo Network Analyst workflow Performing an analysis manually ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  11. Takeaways Demo: Network Analyst Workflow • Steps for network analysis: • Make Layer • Add Locations • Solve • Work with results ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  12. What is Geoprocessing? ArcGIS Help: The geoprocessing framework ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  13. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessing framework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  14. What is Geoprocessing? Computation Visualization Storage & Management ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  15. What is Geoprocessing? Computation Geoprocessing • Automating workflows • Modeling & Analysis = ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  16. Using Geoprocessing How? • Performing Network Analysis • Building networks • Publishing services • Managing turns ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  17. Using Geoprocessing Tool dialog Single tool Python window Chain tools Model Script ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  18. Using Geoprocessing Where? Web Model tools Mobile Script tools Desktop System tools ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  19. Network Analyst Workflow • Make or Edit Network Analysis Layer • Add locations to one or more Network Analysis Classes • Solve • Use the results 2 Python 1 3 4 ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  20. Building Geoprocessing Models ArcGIS Help: What is ModelBuilder? ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  21. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessing framework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  22. Geoprocessing Models • Author using Model Builder • Chain tools to perform a workflow • Use models like ArcToolboxtools • Use models within other models • Apply all Model Builder techniques to network analysis models ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  23. Example: Service Area Model ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  24. Demo Automating workflows with geoprocessing models Performing a network analysis in Model Builder Sharing a model as a tool ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  25. Takeaways Demo: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing Models • Automate workflows with Model Builder • Share your model as a tool • Make inputs and outputs model parameters • Inputs can be selected by the tool’s user • Outputs will be added to the ArcMap Table of Contents ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  26. Visualizing analysis results in ArcMap • When running models as tools… • The output network analysis layer should be a model parameter • This will add the layer to the ArcMap Table of Contents ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  27. Demo Automating workflows with geoprocessing models Working with inputs and outputs Make a toolbar button ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  28. Takeaways Demo: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing Models • Run a model as a button on a toolbar • Use the Select Data tool to access NA sublayers • Work with external data like CSV files ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  29. Post-processing your analysis • Use your analysis result as an input to another tool • The Select Data tool accesses individual sublayers ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  30. Writing Python Scripts ArcGIS Help: What is Python? ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  31. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessing framework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  32. Python Scripts • Conditional logic • Loops • Cursors, creating geometry • Built-in and third party modules • Cross-platform ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  33. Python Scripts • ArcPy site package • Network Analyst module • Other geoprocessing tools • Other useful functions and classes • Describe ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  34. Network Analyst Module arcpy.na • Simplify access to Network Analyst functionality from Python • Edit the analysis properties of network analysis layers • No need to re-create layers • Speed up execution • Simplify script logic ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  35. Python Script: Basic Building Blocks Import the arcpymodule ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  36. Python Script: Basic Building Blocks Check out the Network Analyst Extension ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  37. Python Script: Network Analyst Workflow Make/edit a network analysis layer ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  38. Python Script: Network Analyst Workflow Add locations to network analysis classes ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  39. Python Script: Network Analyst Workflow Solve the network analysis layer ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  40. Python Script: Network Analyst Workflow Use the results ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  41. Working with analysis layers within scripts • The network layer is retrieved as a layer object from the result object returned by Make<solver>Layer ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  42. Working with analysis layers within scripts • Edit the solver properties of an existing layer object ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  43. Accessing sublayers in scripts • The Select Data tool is not meant for python scripting • arcpy.na.GetNAClassNamesshould be used • Renamed or localized sublayer names will work in the script ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  44. Working with sublayers in python • Access individual sublayers using ListLayers on the NA layer. • Use sublayers as input to other tools (CopyFeatures, Join, Buffer, etc.). • Use a SearchCursor to access the rows within a sublayer. ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  45. Working with analysis layers within scripts • Easily specify field mappings in Add Locations with arcpy.na.NAClassFieldMappings ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  46. Saving analysis results • The in-memory network analysis layer can be persisted using the SaveToLayerFile tool in the management module • Layer files can be dragged from disk into ArcMap ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  47. Topics to be covered • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension concepts • Geoprocessing framework for network analysis • ModelBuilder: Models and model tools • Python: Scripts and script tools • Ready-to-Use services • Support and resources ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  48. Demo Automating workflows with python scripts Performing a network analysis with a python script ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  49. Takeaways Demo: Automating Workflows with Python Scripts • Run simple python commands in ArcMap’spython window • Export models to python scripts • Persist the in-memory network analysis layer with SaveToLayerFile • Run scripts from a command prompt outside of ArcMap ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

  50. Building Script Tools ArcGIS Help: What is a script tool? ArcGIS Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing

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